Speaking to the BBC he said the driver of the lorry began flashing him and tail-gated him while sounding his horn.

He was hit by the lorry so dialled 999 and was put through to Northamptonshire Police. Subsequent calls were put through to Thames Valley and Bedfordshire Police.

However, the first officer didn’t arrive at the scene until three hours after the first call.

Wincanton said the driver was ‘no longer conducting deliveries’ and had accepted liability for the damage.

Superintendent Dennis Murray, of Northamptonshire Police, said: ‘We have received a complaint from Mr Stockdale which we are investigating and we will present our findings in due course to the Crown Prosecution Service for a charging decision.

‘In the meantime, we accept there was a failure on our part in terms of contacting our neighbouring forces as the incident unfolded and we are taking the learning from that. We have also apologised in person to the complainant.’

Bedfordshire Police said: ‘Bedfordshire Police was called at 9pm on 11 November by Thames Valley Police about a lorry being driven dangerously on the M1. At this time the nearest available units within the collaborated Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Roads Policing Unit were committed with other incidents.

‘Our control room contacted the ambulance service when medical assistance was requested by the informant and he was taken to hospital. A Bedfordshire officer did attend the incident and a road traffic collision report was prepared.’